tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post1262810186530557432..comments2024-03-29T10:25:17.813-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: The Ghosts in the Layers?Jungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-88814243408717106592019-08-23T11:25:51.510-04:002019-08-23T11:25:51.510-04:00I don't think it's an issue of other peopl...I don't think it's an issue of other people telling the story, but of the protagonist's acknowledgment that other stories and other perspectives exist.Jeannette de Beauvoirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02308284502164683088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-2777347004355569452019-08-23T10:53:40.842-04:002019-08-23T10:53:40.842-04:00You can't have too many people telling the sam...You can't have too many people telling the same story or it would be too confusing, or would it? Someone's voice has to be the one we believe and trust. Hm-m-m, are we now getting into politics?<br /> Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128026892155650398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-71739494058871948982019-08-23T09:50:33.892-04:002019-08-23T09:50:33.892-04:00That's a brilliant summary of what I was tryin...That's a brilliant summary of what I was trying to get at here. That's it exactly. "We were looking at what was important to us." And that's why I fret a little about giving readers only my protagonist's account of what is and isn't important. There's no way around it, but I fret anyway.Jeannette de Beauvoirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02308284502164683088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-14475140303987097682019-08-23T09:49:06.099-04:002019-08-23T09:49:06.099-04:00Now *that's* a short story for sure! Sad, thou...Now *that's* a short story for sure! Sad, though, that your grandfather needed to spend afterlife time haunting someone he disliked...! Jeannette de Beauvoirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02308284502164683088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-14988094367333788202019-08-23T09:46:30.216-04:002019-08-23T09:46:30.216-04:00Yes; a good reminder that not all stories have hap...Yes; a good reminder that not all stories have happy endings. And that we need to be grateful that our lives are different.Jeannette de Beauvoirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02308284502164683088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-17421995653465233662019-08-23T09:45:01.060-04:002019-08-23T09:45:01.060-04:00I really think that people who love to read fictio...I really think that people who love to read fiction are more attuned to this than others. Maybe because we're looking for stories? Or because we want them to be part of our experience of a place? I just think you cannot separate a love of stories from a sensitivity to them wherever you go.Jeannette de Beauvoirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02308284502164683088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-27806031496891596962019-08-23T09:42:42.078-04:002019-08-23T09:42:42.078-04:00It's a sense of perspective, isn't it? Tha...It's a sense of perspective, isn't it? That knowing that so many other people have been where you are, people perhaps you've read about, whose lives you've even studied... It gives you a place in that history, makes you part of the fabric of the place. Jeannette de Beauvoirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02308284502164683088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-81469598579289754122019-08-23T09:40:17.712-04:002019-08-23T09:40:17.712-04:00I think that as readers and writers, we're all...I think that as readers and writers, we're all doing that, subconsciously if not consciously. We hunger for stories, and that's where they're trapped... in the myriad layers that make up the streets and lanes where we walk every day. (And it's perfectly okay, I should think, to make some of them up, too.) And you're right about London... so many centuries of stories, voices whispering at you from everywhere.Jeannette de Beauvoirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02308284502164683088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-1028036981991378802019-08-23T09:35:32.901-04:002019-08-23T09:35:32.901-04:00You are indeed wise to listen to your inner voice,...You are indeed wise to listen to your inner voice, especially as you choose a place to live. I love love love how you talk about Galveston Island and your parents' story. I do hope that wherever you end up settling, it will feel rich with stories for you—both old and new.Jeannette de Beauvoirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02308284502164683088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-515485496025955442019-08-23T09:32:43.417-04:002019-08-23T09:32:43.417-04:00I like Falmouth, it has a real "Cape Cod"...I like Falmouth, it has a real "Cape Cod" feel to it (as does Chatham, in a different way). I'm glad you felt welcomed and "at home" here. I do think the Cape and the Islands have a particular friendliness to them, though I'm not sure I could say why... it just is.Jeannette de Beauvoirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02308284502164683088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-61916906145067357442019-08-23T09:29:57.684-04:002019-08-23T09:29:57.684-04:00Oh, Ann, I'm so glad you'll be visiting in...Oh, Ann, I'm so glad you'll be visiting in September. I love fall on the Cape, when the noise and craziness has abated a little and the beauty of the place can really take hold of you. And it really *is* all about layers, isn't it? Layers of all the people who've lived in your house... the writer as archaeologist!Jeannette de Beauvoirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02308284502164683088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-77876815030961789442019-08-23T09:27:12.626-04:002019-08-23T09:27:12.626-04:00It's a kindler, gentler way to think about gho...It's a kindler, gentler way to think about ghosts, anyway...!Jeannette de Beauvoirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02308284502164683088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-47851246221130249052019-08-23T09:26:26.879-04:002019-08-23T09:26:26.879-04:00He was quite a figure here for some time. There wa...He was quite a figure here for some time. There was an attempt to make his house into a writing center of sorts, but that fell through and it's been sold now. I'm a bit of a history tourist myself—when I travel, I always look into the place's past. It enriches the experience in the present....Jeannette de Beauvoirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02308284502164683088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-55147441821016600442019-08-23T09:23:51.538-04:002019-08-23T09:23:51.538-04:00That's a fabulous way to start a mystery novel...That's a fabulous way to start a mystery novel. In fact, I can imagine a whole series around a protagonist who has déjà vu sensibilities.... could help her solve the mysteries!Jeannette de Beauvoirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02308284502164683088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-42558654157169972402019-08-23T09:22:34.651-04:002019-08-23T09:22:34.651-04:00That's what I hear people say, Lucy; in fact, ...That's what I hear people say, Lucy; in fact, quite a few of those who summer in Ptown winter in Key West! Jeannette de Beauvoirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02308284502164683088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-69858619123600926962019-08-23T09:21:29.548-04:002019-08-23T09:21:29.548-04:00Oh, Edith, you need to come visit! (But not right ...Oh, Edith, you need to come visit! (But not right now: this is Carnival Week, which is the maddest time of a mad summer season.... it can be overwhelming.) I guess I'm not concerned about writing about what I don't know so much as marveling at how *much* I don't know, and how every one of us experiences places and people so differently.Jeannette de Beauvoirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02308284502164683088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-41322580827917515472019-08-23T09:19:31.231-04:002019-08-23T09:19:31.231-04:00Sorry to make your head hurt! (Mine does, too, if ...Sorry to make your head hurt! (Mine does, too, if I think too much about this stuff....) I don't think that inserting real people in novels works all the time, but for this series it seems to make sense.Jeannette de Beauvoirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02308284502164683088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-68142810783292455142019-08-23T09:16:56.715-04:002019-08-23T09:16:56.715-04:00Wednesday I was busy moving The Girl back to colle...Wednesday I was busy moving The Girl back to college, so happy for me I get a second shot at meeting Jeanette!<br /><br />Yes, we notice what's important to us. I've found that with my husband. He'll say something is near a certain building, I'll say it's near another and when we look it's near both. But neither of us realized it because we were looking at what was important to us.Liz Millironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04919409969263609919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-41925764595805819302019-08-23T09:15:05.207-04:002019-08-23T09:15:05.207-04:00I think it's important to keep people in the e...I think it's important to keep people in the equation when we think about history. But even that is subjective, isn't it? The author gets to choose which people to include (and exclude)...Jeannette de Beauvoirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02308284502164683088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-67924901321216493682019-08-22T22:33:51.065-04:002019-08-22T22:33:51.065-04:00No, I never went back after we moved them. It'...No, I never went back after we moved them. It's been torn down along with the other buildings on the property and the adjacent properties, converted into high price apartment complex. Deana Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093854261937772980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-86579559438676816652019-08-22T08:37:45.035-04:002019-08-22T08:37:45.035-04:00Wow! Deana, did you go visit the house? Did you ex...Wow! Deana, did you go visit the house? Did you experience any contact with your granddad there?Cathy Akers-Jordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08291140883625021188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-42722808290049762182019-08-22T00:18:39.077-04:002019-08-22T00:18:39.077-04:00True, I promise!True, I promise!Deana Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093854261937772980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-65479185313048150212019-08-21T23:11:45.152-04:002019-08-21T23:11:45.152-04:00 Wow! What a story! Wow! What a story! Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07630366214207785339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-22976184739724162802019-08-21T23:11:02.862-04:002019-08-21T23:11:02.862-04:00 Sometimes it is overwhelming, isn’t it? Sometimes it is overwhelming, isn’t it? Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07630366214207785339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-87412824882715296822019-08-21T23:10:35.308-04:002019-08-21T23:10:35.308-04:00 I think you have to be open to it, don’t you? I think you have to be open to it, don’t you? Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07630366214207785339noreply@blogger.com